What *actually counts*, which Slick has yet to figure out in the course of 7 years -- but if he did, Tat would have to end or radically change the comic, so it's ok by me -- is how what you do affects other people.

Taking the money would have some kind of negative effect, or Lucy wouldn't have offered it to him. Pimpin' dose hoez would have detracted from his devotion to 'Nique. Fighting those guys would have resulted in somebody (probably him) getting hurt.